Draft: Recommendation Summary
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Men ages 65 to 74 years who have ever smoked
The USPSTF recommends one-time...
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Draft Recommendation Statement, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening
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Medicare’s Direct Provider Contracting: To Primary Care And Beyond
Direct provider contracting (DPC) is coming to Medicare.
Under a new announcement about reforming health care payment and delivery, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced forthcoming DPC models as part of the effort to “...
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Medication Overload: America’s Other Drug Problem. How the drive to prescribe is harming older adults.
In the last year, older adults in the U.S. sought medical care nearly 5 million times due to serious side effects from one or more medications. More than a quarter million of these visits resulted in hospitalizations, at a cost of $3.8 billion (see Appendix A in the full report). These numbers...
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Measles/Plan-for-Travel
Most measles cases in the U.S. result from international travel. Make sure you and your loved ones are protected against measles before international travel.
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Patients Over Paperwork
Patients Over Paperwork
We’re putting patients first by reviewing and streamlining our regulations so we can:
Reduce unnecessary burden
Increase efficiencies
Improve the beneficiary experience
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Legal Advocacy To Improve Care For Older Adults With Complex Needs
Legal advocacy is a recognized strategy to address social factors that influence the health of populations with complex care needs. Such advocacy can ...
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Dietary Supplement Ingredient Advisory List
The FDA Dietary Supplement Ingredient Advisory List is intended to quickly alert the public when the FDA identifies ingredients that do not appear to be lawfully included in products marketed as dietary supplements.
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Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)
Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), also called electronic cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping devices, or vape pens, are battery-powered devices used to smoke or “vape” a flavored solution which usually contains nicotine. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) recognizes the...
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The Growing Cyber Threat To Physician Practices
Right now, medical practices are being attacked by cybercriminals. Emails are being sent in the hope a practice employee will click on a link that will install ransomware, hackers are exploiting security flaws in medical equipment with internet connections, and...
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Submit a Suggestion for a New Evidence Review
What health care decisions are you struggling with? Would a review of the scientific evidence help inform this decision? Share your ideas with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program. AHRQ will use these ideas to determine the focus of...
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